I really really really want a greenhouse. A little garden retreat that will heat up on those sunny winter and early spring days. A place where I can work with my seedlings even when it's raining.
Over the winter we debated where we could build one in the garden and whether to design a combination greenhouse/chicken coop. The debate continues, so in order to move some of our starts out of the dining room, we built a little cold frame out of salvaged materials we had taking up space in the basement.
We placed a number of our starts in the cold frame. We moved out what we thought were the most cold tolerant starts- cilantro, parsley, artichokes, and zinnias. We also moved out a couple tomatoes starts as a test. If this cold frame design works out okay over the next couple of weeks, we'll build one or two more.
My greenhouse came in at about $400 after I bought the actual kit, the base pieces and the gravel for inside. I built the benches out of scrap wood and pallets that I got for free from the shop.
ReplyDeleteI also have a makeshift polytunnel on one of my raised beds that I use for hardening off stuff and to make space for other stuff in the greenhouse. My greenhouse is 6x8 and I can't remember how many flats it holds, 16-20? I also overwinter my fuchsias in there and store all of my extra smaller pots and a 15 gallon bucket of potting soil. You should stop over and see it someday. It's a great little setup.